71. PoLYPobinn. § 1. BUPOLYPODitM. a. i^jtSgripoliAe. 5? 7 



(9a) p. locellatnm, Jffc., Journ of Bot., XXVIII, 108. 



Rhizome short-creeping, the scales dense, small, ovate-lanceolate, pale- 

 brown. Stipes slender, naked, wiry, erect, 5—8 c.M. long. Fronds simple, 

 linear, entire, 12—15 c.M. long, 4— 4V2 m.M. broad at the middle, narrowed 

 gradually to both ends. Texture thick, rigid; surfaces naked; veins hidden. 

 Sori oblong, oblique, immersed in deep pits, forming a long row on each side 

 nearer the midrib than the margin. 



New Guinea. 



(96) P. paucisorum, CopeL, Philipp. Journ., II, 137, tab. Ill, B. 



Rhizome erect, short, scaly. Fronds tufted, sessile, 8—12 c.M. long, 

 3—4 m.M. broad, sublinear, subacute, entire, narrowed gradually towards the 

 base. Texture subcoriaceous ; surfaces naked; veins forked, hidden. Sori in 

 1 row on each side, medial between the costa and margin, few, distant, 

 deeply immersed, tending , slightly towards oblong. 



Mindoro. 



(10) P. Utanleyannm, ivfc., Journ. of Bot., XXYIII, 107. 

 Stipes naked, 1 — l*/j c.M. long. Fronds linear, obtuse, entire, 7 — 13 



c.M. long, 6 — 9 m.M. broad, narrowed gradually from the middle to the base. 

 Texture very thick and rigid; surfaces naked; veins quite hidden. Sori glo- 

 bose, superficial, in 1 row on each side medial between the midrib and 

 margin, confined to the upper part of the frond. 

 New Guinea. 



(11) ? P. diminutum, BU., Hk. Bk., Syn. Fil., 507. 



Rhizome short-creeping, the scales dense, firm, lanceolate, dark-brown. 

 Fronds subsessile, narrow, ligulate, blunt, 10—15 c.M. long, 5 — 10 m.M. 

 broad at the middle, narrowed gradually to the base. Texture rigidly coria- 

 ceous, thick; surfaces naked, pale-green; midrib very prominent beneath ; veins 

 close, immersed, obscure, simple, reaching the edge, erecto-patent (very oblique). 

 Sori oblong, oblique, placed close to the midrib in the upper Vj of the frond. 



A plant found in New Guinea differs a little from the Lord-Howe' s-Island 

 typical plant in scales, stipes and sori. 



(12) P. malaicuin, ». a. ». H.," P. sessilifolium, Hk., Hk. Bk., 

 Syn. Fil., 322; Hk., Spec. Fil., IV, 168 (not 251), tab. CCLXXII, A; Bedd., 

 Ferns Br.I., I, tab. GXIX ; - fi, eubovo H ommj Bit , , var , , C . flhr . j In d, Fi l.j Gram- 

 mitts sessilifolia, J. Sm., Hist. Fil., 181. 



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